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“mentionnée” and “mentionnent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,812
“mentionnée” frequency rank
#20,787
“mentionnent” frequency rank
33599
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mentionnée mentionnent
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de mentionner. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner.

Where the eye mixes mentionnée and mentionnent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mentionnée runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVV) against mentionnent's 11 (CVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
mentionnée
11 ch
mentionnent

Look-alike desk: mentionnée vs mentionnent

A purely visual mix-up. mentionnée (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) and mentionnent (\mɑ̃.sjɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33599, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mentionnée is recorded at frequency rank #12,812, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\. mentionnent is at rank #20,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔn\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 33599, this pair ranks #289,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mentionnée vs mentionnent

Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnée": é. Private to "mentionnent": -.

"mentionnée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV  ·  "mentionnent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mentionnent ← emntionnent · menitonnent · menntionnent · mentinonent · mentionennt · mentionent · mentionnennt · mentionnentt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mentionnée" and "mentionnent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\ versus \mɑ̃.sjɔn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mentionnée" vs "mentionnent" - which ranks higher?
"mentionnée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,812 in our French list, against #20,787 for "mentionnent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #289,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mentionnée" and "mentionnent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnent vs mentionnez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #289,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list